Automatic fishhook lure



lug. 10, 1943. E, R CHARPENTlR 2,326,620

AUTOMAT IC FI SHHOOK LURE Filed Marchs, 1941 H @fiar/@enfiler Patented Aug. 10, 1943 :signor of forty-iiveper cent .to-W. Gillis and -ten -per ,cent to J ohn W. Baker, both :of `Los An goles County, Calif..

AppncancaMa-rch ze, 1941"seria1 No', 385,711 y geminis.' (ci. 43-35) M-y invention relates to, improvements en iish lures.v and has for its. principal object the provision of means for insuring the catch ofa fish by providing a pairof movable iins vinthe .body of the iish lure actuating Vtwo 'concealedjsh hooks from the body ofthe lure when the sh strikes, so that the hooks will be projected .thereby from vthe lure body to engagevthe iish to insure the catch. L'

Other objects'and advantages of the. invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof,` and whereinn Figure 1 is a side elevational view of they sh lure,

"Figure 2 is an elevational view looking. toward the inner side of one of the outer sectonsof the `lure body ,K

Figure 3'is a view similartoV Figure 2,Y looking toward the intermediate section and showing the opposite outer section in dotted line behind the intermediate Section,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 4-4 of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 5-50f Figure l.

Referring more particularly to the drawing,

wherein like reference characters designate likel orrcorresponding parts throughout the different views, I!! designates generally the lure in its entirety which includes the lure body shaped to simulate a minnow or other live bait iish and which .is composed of outer sections II and I2 and an intermediate section I3. Sections II',V I2 and I3 `are substantially the same shape in outline and the section I3 is disposed between the sections II and I2 and in abutting engagementl with the inner sides thereof, as best seenin Figures 4 and I3, there is V,disposed anv elongated iin. member 28 which'ispiinitallyA connected `into the section 'A I2,.-nearestth'e forward end, bymeafns of a pivot Y pin or rivet 2,3. The outer, longitudinal edge20 normally projects outwardly'from the .topof the. Y, lure 7i The opposite, inner edge of the fin memf berV 28 is provided with a c'ut out portion 2`I near.'- est the forward end1intowhich rprojects alpin 22 which isanchored inthe section I2 and which I is disposedto engage portions of the 1in member 28 to limitithe swinging movement thereof.

ieeiowand slightly .to the rear of rhe'pivzot 23,

the pivot pin or rivet l9 'extends through the section II and loosely engages an eye 24Io`rmed on the shank end of a Iishhook 25 which is "disposedfin the recess I5 ofthe section f'll,,"Hook 25 .extendsprearwardly from *the pivot I9` and is turnedodow'nwarfc'ily and 'has a` barbed end"2liv which is normally disposed within the recess' I5' of section II adjacentthe bottom' thereof. f The adjacent itsbrear, freeend, isprovidedwithan inwardly bowedv'portion 21 into which curved vportion a iish hook shank normallyv bears.

The iinV member I8 which corresponds to the-VV iin member 23 is mountedin the recess I5 'of 5. Sections II, I2 and I3 are detachably fas-v tened together adjacent their ends by nut Yand bolt fastenings I4 which are counter sunk in the outer sides of the sections II' and I2. The inner sides ofthe sections I I and I2 are provided with corresponding recesses I5 which eX- tend lengthwise of the lure IIIk to adjacent the ends thereof and which open outwardly of the top and bottom of the lure body, as best seen in Figure 5. Said recesses I5 form inner side or space portion I6 and I'I of the body sections II and I2, respectively, which are spaced from the intermediate section I3.

In thekspace I5, between the sections I2 and `section II in the same manner as said member 28 ismounted in the recess of section.I2 butin an inverted position adjacent the-bottom of the lure IG so that its outer edge 20 projects out; wardly from the bottom ofv thewlure body. A fish hook 29 is mounted in therecess I5 of the section II in the same manner as thesh hook 25 is mounted in the recess of section I2 except that it is disposed above the nmember I8 with its barbed end extending upwardly and disposed to be projected outwardly through the top of the body Il), as will hereinafter beexplained. Fin

members lhand 28` are normally'held in their" 7 operative positions offligures 1 to 3` by frictional engagement with the sections Il andf,l2,respec tively, and the section I3. l Fish hooks 29 andy Y 25 are normallyvheld in inoperative,v nested positions within the lure body by frictional engagement with the sections IIY and I2, respeotive` ly, and the section I3,V as seen in full lines of f Figure 2 and dotted lines of Figure 3.Vv

The lure I0 is provided adjacent its forward end with an eye or opening 30 to which is adapt-` l ed to be connected to the end of a 'fish line,not shown. When the lure `Ais being drawn through the water and is struck by a fish, not shownthe mouth of the shwill engage the 1in members I8: Y

and 28 and cut them inwardly of the recesses I5 and therebyproject the'barbedi end of the hook 25 outwardly through the bottom of the lure I0 and the barbed end of the sh hook 29 outwardly to the top of the lure I0 to eiectively hook the fish. After the lure l0 has been removed from the mouth of the sh, the barbed ends of the hooks are pressed back to their nested positions within the lure body and thereby project the n members |23` andZB-outwardly and to their operative positions of Figure l, to return the parts 'to a position ready to be used.

Obviously, the lure I0' may be made in any.

*l Il! and which ,are sharpened Yon their forward orouteredges to enable 'the lure to readily cut through the seaweed or other undergrowth and i to prevent the lurev fromV becoming `entangled therein.

Variousv other modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be 'resorted to, provided they fall within they spirit and scope of theinventionv as hereinafter defined by the appended claims, as only a preferred embodiment ofthe invention has been disclosed.

Iclaim: f f

1 ,A fishing lure comprising a bodyformed of outer plates and an inner plate, means forrconnecting theplates in spaced, side by side relationship, a hook pivotally connected at its shank endto. each of therouter plates, said hooks extending rearwardly of the bodyfrom their pivoted'ends and being normally disposed between the 'outer plates and the inner plate, one of the the hooks are in nested positions, having their outer edges protruding from the lure body so that the 1in members can be pressed inwardly of the body to project the hooks.

2. .A shing lure as in claim 1, the outer edges of the viin members being saw-toothedl for cutting through seaweed and the like to prevent Ythe Alure'from becoming entangled therein.

3. A sh lure comprising a, lure body having a perpendicularly disposed longitudinally extending recess which opensroutwardly of thetop and bottom offthe body, hooks disposed in the recess, said hooks each being. pivotally connected at its shank end to asideof the lure body and said hooksY extending rearwardly from their pivoted ends, the Vbarbed ends 0f the hooks extending toward the top and bottom of the lure body from the Shanks of the hooks, n members disposed in the recess and pivotally connectedv at corresponding ends thereof to the,v sides oflthe body, said iin members having portions protruding from the body and portions for engaging the hooks,-when Y the" hooks are inV nested positions, and said iin members.

members being adapted to be swung inwardly of the lure body to project the barbed ends of the hooks through thetop and bottom thereof.

4. vA'ish` lure as in Vclaim 3, and a spacing strip extending longitudinally through the recess and disposed between the hooks and between the n EnoUARD P. CHARPEN'TIER.' 

